First session of my 3 day visit to Celtic Connections in Glasgow.

Two great Celtic Connections concerts in the famous Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow the last two nights. The Olllam and RuRa last night. Siobhan Miller and Talisk the night before.

Antarctica 2009. Love the light reflecting on the ice crystals in the sea.

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Fishermans Hut, Screebe, Connemara

Doo Lough, County Mayo. In 1849 during the Great Hunger, 600 starving people set out from Louisburg to Delhi Lodge to ask their landlord, The Marquess of Sligo for food. The weather was bleak and freezing and the people were refused rations resulting in 400 of them dying.

On a beautiful calm evening at Roundstone Bog in Connemara a few weeks ago. I was fascinated by these pieces of bog oak (?) in a small lake by the side of the road.

Haven’t posted here for a while. But here’s a quiver tree at sunset from a recent fantastic trip to Namibia.

Moonrise as the sunset casting a last glow on the desert floor. Namibia.

Fancy a bath here? Abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop in Namibia. The desert has gradually reclaimed many of the buildings.

Another shot from the abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop, Namibia.

Salt pan patterns from a helicopter flight over the sand dunes of Sossuvlei, Namibia.

Ostrich on the move, Sossuvlei, Namibia.

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Day 6 of my Namibia trip, and a day spent at one of the most iconic of places in Namibia, Deadvlei. The dead camel thorn trees are estimated to be around 900 years old. This photo was taken early morning before the sun had hit the dunes or white clay pan floor.

Sunrise at Deadvlei, Namibia.

Early morning sunshine through the mist in Killiney Hill Park last week.

Epic northern lights display from Seapoint about 10pm last night. Amazing to see the aurora so clearly in Dublin. Camera obviously enhances the colours but could be seen with naked eye.

Playing with Intentional Camera Movement at Mount Usher Gardens in Wicklow.

Beautiful calm morning in Dun Laoghaire harbour this morning.